The Myth Of Mirror Neurons: The Real Neuroscien... -

Hickok argues that the brain is more like a sophisticated than a simple mirror.

Hickok noticed a major flaw in the hype. If mirror neurons were necessary for understanding actions, then people with damaged motor systems shouldn't be able to understand what they see. The Myth of Mirror Neurons: The Real Neuroscien...

Master imitators, yet evidence for a dedicated "mirror system" is messy. 🌐 The Real Neuroscience Hickok argues that the brain is more like

Discovered in the 1990s in the brains of macaque monkeys, these cells fired both when a monkey grabbed a peanut and when it watched a human grab one. The scientific community went wild. Suddenly, mirror neurons were the "DNA of psychology." Experts claimed they were the secret to empathy, language, and even why we enjoy watching sports. Master imitators, yet evidence for a dedicated "mirror

The motor system helps us predict or refine that understanding.

We understand others through high-level conceptual processing.